iManager 2.7 os OES2 (linux) java/tomcat error

Hello all:

I am getting the following error when I access https:/ipaddress/nps
(redirects to https://ipaddress/nps/servlet/portalservice)

HTTP Status 500 -

type Exception report

message

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

java.lang.NullPointerException
com.novell.emframe.fw.servlet.AuthenticatorServlet .service(AuthenticatorServlet.java:334)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:856)

note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache
Tomcat/5.0 logs.

The server log (at
/var/opt/novell/tomcat5/logs/localhost_log2007-10.xx.txt) has the
following error over and over

StandardWrapperValve[portal]: Servlet.service() for servlet portal threw exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.novell.emframe.fw.servlet.AuthenticatorServlet .service(AuthenticatorServlet.java:334)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:856)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.in ternalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.do Filter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invo ke(StandardWrapperValve.java:214)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invo keNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(S tandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invo keInternal(StandardContextValve.java:198)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invo ke(StandardContextValve.java:152)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invo keNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBas e.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:540)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invo keNext(StandardValveContext.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(S tandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke( StandardHostValve.java:137)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invo keNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke (ErrorReportValve.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invo keNext(StandardValveContext.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(S tandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invok e(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invo keNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(S tandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Cont ainerBase.java:929)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(Co yoteAdapter.java:162)
at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyo teHandler.java:300)
at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(Handler Request.java:374)
at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelS ocket.java:743)
at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnecti on(ChannelSocket.java:675)
at org.apache.jk.common.SocketConnection.runIt(Channe lSocket.java:866)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlR unnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:801)


The start.log has:
Using CATALINA_BASE: /var/opt/novell/tomcat5/
Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/share/tomcat5
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /var/opt/novell/tomcat5//temp
Using JAVA_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java

/usr/lib/jvm/java is a symbolic link to /etc/alternatives/java_sdk/ which
points back to /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-ibm/ which points to
java-1_5_0-ibm-1.5.0_sr5/jre/

I wonder if I need to poin that to a sun JRE?

Thanks in advance for the help.

Everything else web related seems to work (NRM, NetStorage, iFolder,
iPrint, etc).